Five Below Black Friday 2026: Doorbuster Days and Free Gift

Five Below Black Friday 2026 at a glance

Five Below Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday 27 November, and Five Below has made it one of four one-day doorbuster days in its stores this season. The other three are Saturday 14 November, Saturday 5 December and Saturday 12 December. On Black Friday itself, any purchase of $30 or more also comes with a free mystery dumpling, while supplies last. Five Below announced all of this in its holiday release of 27 October 2026.

The table shows what Five Below had published when we read its pages on 1 November 2026, and what it had not.

The dates are new this year. Five Below's 2025 holiday release, dated 6 November 2025, named no doorbuster days at all, so pages that describe last year's Black Friday tell you little about this one. For other stores' dates, see our guide to when Black Friday 2026 starts at each store.

The 2026 doorbuster days

Five Below calls these "one-day-only doorbuster deals", and its release says to "stop by in store on each doorbuster day". The release lists the kinds of deals as squishies, plush, toys, crafts and more. Here is the calendar, with the day of the week for each date:

• Saturday 14 November: the first doorbuster day, nearly two weeks before Black Friday.
• Friday 27 November, Black Friday: doorbusters plus the free mystery dumpling with a $30 purchase.
• Saturday 5 December: the first doorbuster day after Cyber Monday.
• Saturday 12 December: the last one, about two weeks before Christmas.

Three of the four days are Saturdays, which suits shoppers who cannot get to a store on a weekday. The Black Friday date is the only one that sits inside the main sale week at other retailers.

A few things are still unknown, and it helps to know which. Five Below has not said what time the doorbusters start, how many of each item a store will have, or whether there is a limit per customer. It has also not said whether the same prices appear on fivebelow.com. Until it does, plan on the deals being in your local store only, on that day only.

Some practical steps for each doorbuster day:

• Check your store's hours on Five Below's store locator the day before, because holiday hours can differ from normal ones.
• If one item matters to you, ask the store before the day whether it expects to carry it. Stock differs from store to store.
• Keep your receipt. Five Below's holiday release does not give return terms, so the receipt is your proof of price and date.

What is on sale on Black Friday?

The one Black Friday offer Five Below has spelled out is the free gift: "a new mystery dumpling free with any $30 purchase on Black Friday, while supplies last." Dumplings is one of the squishy toy lines the release names, and "mystery" means you do not pick which one you get. The release does not say whether tax counts toward the $30, or whether gift card purchases count, so ask at the register if your basket is close to the line.

"While supplies last" is the important part. Five Below has not said how many gifts each store will have. If the gift is the reason you are going, go early in the day.

The Black Friday doorbuster items themselves were not published on 1 November. We will add each day's items and prices here once Five Below posts them, starting with the 14 November list.

Gifts by price

Five Below's release says "most items" are priced between $1 and $5, with stocking stuffers "starting at just $1". The word "most" matters. Older articles still describe Five Below as a store where everything costs $5 or less, but its own 2026 wording leaves room for items above $5, so check the shelf price before you count on a total.

The release names these lines for the holiday season:

• Squishies and plush: Dumplings, Taba-licious, NeeDoh Cool Canes and SLIMYGLOOP, plus Squishmallows and ButterLuvs plush.
• Toys and games: LEGO sets, remote-control vehicles and slime.
• Fan gifts: Peanuts, Bluey and KPop Demon Hunters items, plus Fuggler and Sanrio collectibles.
• "Girls Night In": lounge wear, beauty products, accessories, speakers and digital cameras.
• Holiday extras: ornaments, stockings, mantel décor, a giant nutcracker inflatable, advent calendars, candy and craft kits.

For toy prices at other stores, see our guide to Black Friday toy deals. If you are comparing a Five Below price with one elsewhere, our guide to whether Black Friday deals are real shows how to check a discount.

Is Five Below open on Thanksgiving? Black Friday hours

Five Below had not published its Thanksgiving or Black Friday hours for 2026 when we checked on 1 November. Its holiday release does not mention Thanksgiving, which is Thursday 26 November, and Five Below's own website did not open for our tools, so we could not read a store hours notice there.

Be careful with hours lists from other years. Local news lists from 2022 and 2023 said Five Below stores were closed on Thanksgiving and opened at 8 a.m. on Black Friday, while lists from 2016 and 2017 said stores opened on Thanksgiving evening. They cannot all describe 2026, and none of them is Five Below's own notice. The safe answer is your store's listed hours on Five Below's store locator in Thanksgiving week.

We will add Five Below's hours here when it posts them. Our Black Friday store hours guide covers the other big chains, and our Thanksgiving deals guide lists what is on sale that day.

The Five Below Black Friday ad

Five Below had not released a Black Friday ad by 1 November. Its announcement so far is the 27 October release, which gives the dates and the free gift but no item list. The release sends shoppers to fivebelow.com for holiday offers.

When you search for a Five Below Black Friday ad, the results that come up first include pages from 2019 and weekly circular sites. A weekly ad for late October is not a Black Friday ad, and a 2019 page has nothing to do with this year's prices. If a site shows a "2026 Black Friday ad" before Five Below has posted one, treat it with caution. Our Black Friday ads guide tracks which retailers have published their real ads.

Five Below Cyber Monday 2026

Cyber Monday 2026 is Monday 30 November. Five Below's release names no Cyber Monday offer and no online-only sale, and the next doorbuster day after Black Friday is Saturday 5 December, in stores. We will add any Cyber Monday offer Five Below announces. Offers from other stores are on our Cyber Monday deals page, and Black Friday offers are on our Black Friday deals page.

Toys for Tots and giving

This is the 17th season of Five Below's partnership with Toys for Tots. From 1 November to 24 December 2026, shoppers can donate at the checkout in Five Below stores. The release does not give a set donation amount.

How we check this page

Every date and term above comes from Five Below's own holiday release, "Oh What Fun! Five Below Brings Holiday Value, Trends and Fun All Under One Roof This Season", dated 27 October 2026 and read on Five Below's investor website on 1 November 2026. The 2025 comparison comes from Five Below's 2025 holiday release, dated 6 November 2025, on Five Below's own file host. Five Below's main website answered our tools with an access block on 1 November, and we did not work around it, so store hours and item prices are not used. We do not take dates from ad-scan sites or older articles, and we have not tested these products.

We will read Five Below's pages again before each doorbuster day and in Thanksgiving week. For more retailers, see the rest of our Black Friday guides. This guide is written by the SavingArena Editorial Team.